Relationship of low serum selenium to anemia among primary school children living in rural Vietnam

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 454-459

  Van Nhien, Nguyen ^a,b   Khan, Nguyen Cong ^b   Yabutani, Tomoki ^c   Ninh, Nguyen Xuan ^b   Chung, Le Thi Kim ^a,b   Motonaka, Junko ^c   Nakaya, Yutaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (Viet Nam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anemia; Selenium; Vietnam; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

COPPER; IRON; MAGNESIUM; METHEMOGLOBIN; RETINOL; SELENIUM; ZINC; HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; MACRONUTRIENT; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIET NAM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER;

ANEMIA; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; COPPER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SELENIUM; VIETNAM; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; ZINC;

EID: 64349102953     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.54.454     Document Type: Article

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